51 Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Senate ...

(a) agrees with the committee’s conclusion that the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation’s (ABC) approach to the committee’s inquiry was incorrect
and that the ABC and any summoned officers of the ABC should have answered
the committee’s questions;

(b) asserts that the ABC and any other witnesses before Senate committees
have an obligation to co-operate and to answer questions within the
terms of reference of Senate standing committees and Senate estimates
committees alike; ...

(19 November 1986 J.1424)

Note: Part of a longer resolution taking note of a report by the
Standing Committee on Education and the Arts.